Help!! Maxtor One Touch III hard drive does not store files

[brinceltari]

Hi

I just got a new macbook pro and accidentally hit the "no" button when asked if i want to set my Maxtor one touch III as the backup storage... I tried installing "One Touch Manager" but I got a message "can't open the application Maxtor One Touch Manager because PowerPC applications are no longer supported" ….. any ideas as to how I can set the Maxtor hard drive as backup? I would really appreciate a response and hopefully a working answer…. I can't afford to buy a new external hard drive
Thank you in advance!

Brin

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and select the HDD you want to use for backing up via Time Machine, but know, that the HDD needs to be formatted correctly with Mac OS Extended as file system (format).

 

[brinceltari]

Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and select the HDD you want to use for backing up via Time Machine, but know, that the HDD needs to be formatted correctly with Mac OS Extended as file system (format).

Hi simsaladimbamba Thank you for the response....won't this erase what is already on the drive?? I can't lose the files already saved on it? ...... If I have to erase the files of the disk to be formatted, will I have a problem using the hard drive on a windows platform computer?